Ex parte COOPER - Page 7




            Appeal No. 96-3640                                                                           
            Application No. 08/184,794                                                                   


                        With respect to Figures 5 and 6 of Gage, although it                             
            might be argued that after the error between the centroid and                                
            boresight are measured (Figure 5, step 96), vertical and                                     
            horizontal adjust signals are inherently generated to provide                                
            the disclosed image centering, there is no suggestion to                                     
            utilize adjust signals to determine timing relationships of                                  
            gate and display timing signals.                                                             
                        Independent claims 8 defines two distinct steps of                               
            altering timing relationships for centering an image in                                      
            response to vertical and horizontal adjust values.  The first                                
            alteration is between an image data transferring step and a                                  
            displaying step and the other is between a reading step and                                  
            the displaying step.  There is no showing that Gage teaches or suggests                      
            utilizing adjust values for altering timing relationships between the above steps for centering an
            image.                                                                                       
                        Independent claim 14 requires advancing or delaying serial transfer with respect to
            horizontal line display timing signals for composing a horizontally shifted and centered image in
            response to a horizontal adjust signal.  There is no showing that Gage teaches or suggests this subject
            matter.                                                                                      
                       Whereas we will not sustain the rejection of the independent claims 1, 8 and 14 as
            obvious over Gage, we will not sustain the rejection of dependent claims 2-7, 9-13, 15 and 16 over the
            same reference.                                                                              
            REVERSED                                                                                     


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